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Khalifa NM, Nossier ES, Al-Omar MA, Amr AE. Synthesis and characterization of novel 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine (HEPT) and dihydro-alkylthio-benzyloxopyrimidine (S-DABO) analogs containing a benzo[d]thiazol moiety. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s107036321602033x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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6-(Arylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones: anthology and prospects of highly efficient anti-HIV agents. Russ Chem Bull 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-012-0182-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Synthesis of β‐Fluorophenethyl Halopyridyl Thiourea Compounds as Non‐nucleoside Inhibitors of HIV‐1 Reverse Transcriptase. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2011. [DOI: 10.1081/scc-120039500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- T. K. Venkatachalam
- a Department of Chemistry , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
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- b Drug Discovery Program , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
- c Department of Virology , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
- d Department of Immunology , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
- e Drug Discovery Program , Parker Hughes Clinics , 2699 Patton Road, St. Paul, MN, 55113, USA
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He YP, Long J, Zhang SS, Li C, Lai CC, Zhang CS, Li DX, Zhang DH, Wang H, Cai QQ, Zheng YT. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel dihydro-aryl/alkylsulfanyl-cyclohexylmethyl-oxopyrimidines (S-DACOs) as high active anti-HIV agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 21:694-7. [PMID: 21194939 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A novel dihydro-aryl/alkylsulfanyl-cyclohexylmethyl-oxopyrimidines (S-DACOs) combinatory library was synthesized and evaluated with C8166 cells infected by the HIV-1(IIIB) in vitro, using Nevirapine (NVP) and Zidovudine (AZT) as positive control. The anti-HIV screening results revealed that C-6-cyclohexylmethyl substituted pyrimidinones possessed higher selective index than its 6-arylmethyl counterparts. Compounds 1g, 1c, 1e and 1b showed potent anti-HIV activities with EC(50) values of 0.012, 0.025, 0.088 and 0.162nM, respectively.
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- Yan-Ping He
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
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La Regina G, Coluccia A, Silvestri R. Looking for an active conformation of the future HIV type-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Antivir Chem Chemother 2010; 20:213-37. [PMID: 20710063 DOI: 10.3851/imp1607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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HIV type-1 (HIV-1) non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) are key drugs of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the clinical management of AIDS/HIV infection. NNRTI-based HAART regimes effectively suppress viral reproduction, are not cytotoxic and show favourable pharmacokinetic properties. First-generation NNRTIs suffer the rapid selection of viral variants, hampering the binding of inhibitors into the reverse transcriptase (RT) non-nucleoside binding site (NNBS). Efforts to improve these first inhibitors led to the discovery of second-generation NNRTIs that proved to be effective against the drug-resistant mutant HIV-1 strains. The success of such agents launched a new season of NNRTI design and synthesis. This paper reviews the characteristics of second-generation NNRTIs, including etravirine, rilpivirine, RDEA-806, UK-453061, BIRL 355 BS, IDX 899, MK-4965 and HBY 097. In particular, the binding modes of these inhibitors into the NNBS of the HIV-1 RT and the most clinically relevant mutant RTs are analysed and discussed.
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- Giuseppe La Regina
- Department of Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Younis Y, Hunter R, Muhanji CI, Hale I, Singh R, Bailey CM, Sullivan TJ, Anderson KS. [d4U]-spacer-[HI-236] double-drug inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse-transcriptase. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:4661-73. [PMID: 20605472 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Four double-drug HIV NRTI/NNRTI inhibitors 15a-d of the type [d4U]-spacer-[HI-236] in which the spacer is varied as 1-butynyl (15a), propargyl-1-PEG (15b), propargyl-2-PEG (15c) and propargyl-4-PEG (15d) have been synthesized and biologically evaluated as RT inhibitors against HIV-1. The key step in their synthesis involved a Sonogashira coupling of 5-iodo d4U's benzoate with an alkynylated tethered HI-236 precursor followed by introduction of the HI-236 thiourea functionality. Biological evaluation in both cell-culture (MT-2 cells) as well as using an in vitro RT assay revealed 15a-c to be all more active than d4T. However, overall the results indicate the derivatives are acting as chain-extended NNRTIs in which for 15b-d the nucleoside component is likely situated outside of the pocket but with no evidence for any synergistic double binding between the NRTI and NNRTI sites. This is attributed, in part, to the lack of phosphorylation of the nucleoside component of the double-drug as a result of kinase recognition failure, which is not improved upon with the phosphoramidate of 15d incorporating a 4-PEG spacer.
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- Yassir Younis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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D'Cruz OJ, Uckun FM. Novel tight binding PETT, HEPT and DABO-based non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2008; 21:329-50. [PMID: 17059165 DOI: 10.1080/14756360600774413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) are a key component of effective combination antiretroviral therapies for HIV/AIDS. NNRTIs despite their chemical diversity, bind to a common allosteric site of HIV-1 RT, the primary target for anti-AIDS chemotherapy, and noncompetitively inhibit DNA polymerization. NNRTIs currently in clinical use have a low genetic barrier to resistance and therefore, the need for novel NNRTIs active against drug-resistant mutants selected by current therapies is of paramount importance. We describe the chemistry and biological evaluation of highly potent novel phenethylthiazolylthiourea (PETT), 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine (HEPT) and dihydroalkoxybenzyloxopyrimidine (DABO) derivatives targeting the hydrophobic binding pocket of HIV-1 RT. These NNRTIs were rationally designed by molecular modeling and docking studies using a novel composite binding pocket that predicted how drug-resistant mutations would change the RT binding pocket shape, volume, and chemical make-up and how these changes could affect NNRTI binding. Several ligand derivatization sites were identified for docked NNRTIs that fit the composite binding pocket. The best fit was determined by calculating an inhibition constant (Ludi Ki) of the docked compound for the composite binding pocket. Compounds with a Ludi Ki of <1 microM were identified as the most promising tight binding NNRTIs. These NNRTIs displayed high selective indices with robust anti-HIV-1 activity against the wild-type and drug-resistant isolates carrying multiple RT gene mutations. The high rate of treatment failure due to the emergence of drug resistance mutations makes the discovery of broad-spectrum PETT, HEPT and DABO-based NNRTIs useful as a component of effective combination regimens.
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- Osmond J D'Cruz
- Drug Discovery Program, Parker Hughes Institute, 2657 Patton Road, St. Paul, MN 55113, USA.
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- T. K. Venkatachalam
- a Department of Chemistry, Virology, and Immunology, Paradigm Pharmaceuticals , St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- b Ikaros Enterprises , Hudson, Wisconsin, USA
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- a Department of Chemistry, Virology, and Immunology, Paradigm Pharmaceuticals , St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- b Ikaros Enterprises , Hudson, Wisconsin, USA
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Cancio R, Mai A, Rotili D, Artico M, Sbardella G, Clotet-Codina I, Esté JA, Crespan E, Zanoli S, Hübscher U, Spadari S, Maga G. Slow-, Tight-Binding HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors Highly Active against Drug-Resistant Mutants. ChemMedChem 2007; 2:445-8. [PMID: 17323401 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200600310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Reynel Cancio
- Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Synthesis of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Phenethyl Thiourea Compounds as Nonnucleoside Inhibitors of HIV‐1 Reverse Transcriptase. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2006. [DOI: 10.1081/scc-200066677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- T. K. Venkatachalam
- a Department of Chemistry , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
- b Drug Discovery Program, Parker Hughes Cancer Center , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
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- b Drug Discovery Program, Parker Hughes Cancer Center , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
- c Departments of Virology and Immunology , Parker Hughes Institute , Roseville, Minnesota, USA
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Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Synthesis of Heterocyclic Thiourea Compounds with Amino Acid Side Chain as Nonnucleoside Inhibitors of HIV‐1 Reverse Transcriptase. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00397910600636659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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D'Cruz OJ, Uckun FM. Dawn of non-nucleoside inhibitor-based anti-HIV microbicides. J Antimicrob Chemother 2006; 57:411-23. [PMID: 16431862 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The emergence of HIV/AIDS as a disease spread through sexual intercourse has prompted the search for safe and effective vaginal and rectal microbicides for curbing mucosal viral transmission via semen. Since endogenous reverse transcription is implicated in augmenting the sexual transmission of HIV-1 infection, potential microbicides should have the inherent ability to optimally inhibit both wild-type and drug-escape mutants. The non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), which bind to an allosteric site on RT, are an important arsenal of drugs against HIV-1. The clinical success of NNRTI-based HIV/AIDS therapies has led to extensive structural and molecular modelling studies of enzyme complexes and chemical synthesis of second- and third-generation NNRTIs. Rationally designed NNRTIs deduced from changes in binding pocket size, shape and residue character that result from clinically observed NNRTI resistance-associated mutations exhibit high binding affinity for HIV-1 RT and robust anti-HIV activity against the wild-type and drug-escape mutants without cytotoxicity. Notably, membrane permeable tight binding NNRTIs have the ability to inactivate cell-free as well as cell-associated HIV-1 in semen without metabolic activation. Consequently, NNRTIs currently under development as experimental microbicides include thiourea-PETT (where PETT stands for phenethylthiazolylthiourea) derivatives (PHI-236, PHI-346 and PHI-443), urea-PETT derivatives (MIV-150), oxypyrimidines (S-DABOs), thiocarboxanilides (UC-781) and diarylpyrimidines (TMC-120). Mucoadhesive formulations of these NNRTIs have been studied for safety and efficacy in animal models and some have entered Phase I safety testing in humans. This review focuses on the structural, biological and preclinical studies relevant to the clinical development of these NNRTIs as molecular virucides intended to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1.
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- Osmond J D'Cruz
- Drug Discovery Program, Parker Hughes Institute, 2657 Patton Road, St Paul, MN 55113, USA.
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Loksha YM, el-Barbary AA, el-Badawi MA, Nielsen C, Pedersen EB. Synthesis of 2-(aminocarbonylmethylthio)-1H-imidazoles as novel Capravirine analogues. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 13:4209-20. [PMID: 15896963 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Revised: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Different analogues of Capravirine (AG-1549) or S-1153 were prepared by synthesis of 2-(5-benzyl-4-isopropyl-1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-ylthio)acetamide (3a-c), ethyl [5-benzyl-1-(ethoxymethyl)-4-ethyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylthio]acetate (10), 2-[5-alkyl-4-substituted 1-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-imidazol-2-ylthio]acetamides (12a-f), and 2-[5-benzyl-1-(benzyloxymethyl)-4-isopropyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylthio]acetamides (14a-l) from their corresponding amino acids through a sequence of reactions: Dakin-West reaction, hydrolysis, condensation with thiocyanate derivatives, alkylation with 2-iodoacetamide and ethyl chloroacetate, and coupling with 4-pyridylmethyl chloride, ethoxymethyl chloride and benzyloxymethyl chloride. All the synthesized compounds were screened for their activity against HIV-1 (wild type) and some of them (especially Capravirine like structures) were found active.
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- Yasser M Loksha
- Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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He Y, Chen F, Yu X, Wang Y, De Clercq E, Balzarini J, Pannecouque C. Nonnucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors; part 3. Synthesis and antiviral activity of 5-alkyl-2-[(aryl and alkyloxyl-carbonylmethyl)thio]-6-(1-naphthylmethyl) pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones. Bioorg Chem 2004; 32:536-48. [PMID: 15530994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2004.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of 6-naphthylmethyl substituted S-alkylated dihydroalkoxybenzyloxopyrimidine (S-DABO) analogues with a beta-carbonyl group on the C-2 side chain were synthesized. All of the new compounds were evaluated for their anti-HIV activities in MT-4 cells. The most active compound, 5-isopropyl-2-[(4'-methoxyphenylcarbonyl-methyl)thio]-6-(1-naphthylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one showed activity against HIV-1 and against the double mutated strain of HIV(Y181C and K103N) in the micromolar range. Furthermore, some of the compounds are active against both HIV-1 and HIV-2 in cell culture. In view of the fact that the loss of antiviral activity of these compounds when tested against S0561945 was much less pronounced than the loss of activity of typical NNRTIs, it is concluded that some of the compounds might interfere with another target or act on reverse transcriptase in a different way than the typical NNRTIs.
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- Yanping He
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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He Y, Chen F, Sun G, Wang Y, De Clercq E, Balzarini J, Pannecouque C. 5-Alkyl-2-[(aryl and alkyloxylcarbonylmethyl)thio]-6-(1-naphthylmethyl) pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones as an unique HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors of S-DABO series. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004; 14:3173-6. [PMID: 15149669 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2004] [Accepted: 04/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The introduction of a beta-carbonyl group to the C-2 side chain of S-DABO led to the finding of a series of novel potent anti-HIV agent. Some derivatives proved to be highly effective in inhibiting HIV-1 replication at nanomolar concentrations. Furthermore, the novel S-DABOs differ from the classical NNRTIs in that some compounds are active against both HIV-1 and HIV-2. They might interfere with another target or at least act on RT in a different way as compared to typical NNRTIs.
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- Yanping He
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Venkatachalam T, Sudbeck E, Uckun F. Structural influence on the anisotropic intermolecular hydrogen bonding in solid state of substituted thioureas: evidence by X-ray crystal structure. J Mol Struct 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2003.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Buckheit RW. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: perspectives on novel therapeutic compounds and strategies for the treatment of HIV infection. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2001; 10:1423-42. [PMID: 11772260 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.10.8.1423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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At present, the nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors and protease inhibitors (PI) have dominated the therapeutic options for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. From the initial monotherapeutic strategies, to the widely accepted multi-drug cocktails of today, the use of these two classes of compounds has successfully prolonged patient survival following infection with HIV. The efficacy of the multi-drug cocktails has delayed the onset of disease and generated hope that long-term therapy might allow the natural immune response to HIV infection to control both virus replication and pathogenesis within the context of an intact immune system despite the continuing presence of virus in various reservoirs within the body and the inability of these therapies to completely eradicate virus. However, the use of antiretroviral compounds for prolonged periods of time has also resulted in the appearance of significant drug-induced toxicity and metabolic abnormalities, as well as drug-induced variations in disease progression. Thus, continued research and development to identify new and improved antiretroviral agents will be a critical requirement in the foreseeable future. This ongoing research and development should also consider the challenges of defining more effective use of existing therapeutic agents, including the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs).
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- R W Buckheit
- Infectious Disease Research Department, Southern Research Institute, 431 Aviation Way, Frederick, MD 21701, USA.
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Venkatachalam TK, Mao C, Uckun FM. Stereochemistry as a major determinant of the anti-HIV activity of chiral naphthyl thiourea compounds. Antivir Chem Chemother 2001; 12:213-21. [PMID: 11771730 DOI: 10.1177/095632020101200402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Eleven chiral naphthyl thiourea (CNT) compounds were synthesized as non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNI) of the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme of HIV-1. Molecular modelling studies indicated that, because of the asymmetric geometry of the NNI binding pocket, the 'R' stereoisomers would fit the NNI binding pocket of the HIV-1 RT much better than the corresponding 'S' stereoisomers, as reflected by their 10(4)-fold lower Ki values. The 'R' stereoisomers of all 11 compounds inhibited the recombinant RT in vitro with lower IC50 values than their enantiomers. Of seven CNT compounds whose 'R' stereoisomers exhibited nanomolar IC50 values against recombinant RT, five were further evaluated for their ability to inhibit HIV-1 replication in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). All five 'R' stereoisomers were active anti-HIV agents and inhibited the replication of the HIV-1 strains HTLV-IIIB (NNI-sensitive), A17 (NNI-resistant, Y181C mutant RT) and A17Var (NNI-resistant, Y181C plus K103N mutant RT), as well as primary HIV-1 isolates from AIDS patients in human PBMC at nanomolar concentrations, whereas their enantiomers were inactive. The lead compounds, 1R and 5R, were 3 log more potent than the standard NNI drug nevirapine against the NNI-resistant HIV-1 strains. Our data establish the stereochemistry as a major determinant of the potency of this new class of NNI.
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Mao C, Sudbeck EA, Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Structure-based drug design of non-nucleoside inhibitors for wild-type and drug-resistant HIV reverse transcriptase. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 60:1251-65. [PMID: 11008119 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00408-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The generation of anti-HIV agents using structure-based drug design methods has yielded a number of promising non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNIs) of HIV reverse transcriptase (RT). Recent successes in identifying potent NNIs are reviewed with an emphasis on the recent trend of utilizing a computer model of HIV RT to identify space in the NNI binding pocket that can be exploited by carefully chosen functional groups predicted to interact favorably with binding pocket residues. The NNI binding pocket model was used to design potent NNIs against both wild-type RT and drug-resistant RT mutants. Molecular modeling and score functions were used to analyze how drug-resistant mutations would change the RT binding pocket shape, volume, and chemical make-up, and how these changes could affect inhibitor binding. Modeling studies revealed that for an NNI of HIV RT to be active against RT mutants such as the especially problematic Y181C RT mutant, the following features are required: (a) the inhibitor should be highly potent against wild-type RT and therefore capable of tolerating a considerable activity loss against RT mutants (i.e. a picomolar-level inhibitor against wild-type RT may still be effective against RT mutants at nanomolar concentrations), (b) the inhibitor should maximize the occupancy in the Wing 2 region of the NNI binding site of RT, and (c) the inhibitor should contain functional groups that provide favorable chemical interactions with Wing 2 residues of wild-type as well as mutant RT. Our rationally designed NNI compounds HI-236, HI-240, HI-244, HI-253, HI-443, and HI-445 combine these three features and outperform other anti-HIV agents examined.
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- C Mao
- Drug Discovery Program, Hughes Institute, St. Paul, MN 55113, USA
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Venkatachalam TK, Sudbeck EA, Mao C, Uckun FM. Stereochemistry of halopyridyl and thiazolyl thiourea compounds is a major determinant of their potency as nonnucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2000; 10:2071-4. [PMID: 10999473 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00398-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chiral derivatives of two cyclohexylethyl halopyridyl thiourea compounds (HI-509 and HI-510), two alpha-methyl benzyl halopyridyl compounds (HI-511 and HI-512), and a cyclohexyl ethyl thiazolyl thiourea compound (HI-513) were synthesized as nonnucleoside inhibitors (NNI) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase (RT). The R stereoisomers of all five compounds inhibited the recombinant RT in vitro with 100-fold lower IC50 values. HI-509R, HI-510R, HI-511R, HI-512R and HI-513R were active anti-HIV agents and inhibited HIV-1 replication in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells at nanomolar concentrations, whereas their enantiomers were inactive. Each of these five compounds was also active against NNI-resistant HIV-1 strains, with HI-511R being the most active agent. When tested against the NNI-resistant HIV-1 strain A17 with a Y181C mutation in RT, HI-511R was found to be 10,000-times more active than nevirapine, 5000-times more active than delavirdine, and 50-times more active than trovirdine. HI-511 R inhibited the HIV-strain A17 variant, containing RT mutations Y181C plus K103N, with an IC50 value of 2.7 microM, whereas the IC50 values of nevirapine, delavirdine, and trovirdine against this highly NNI-resistant HIV-1 strain were >100 microM.
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Claude Meslin J, Landreau C, Deniaud D, Reliquet F, Reliquet A. [4+2] Cycloaddition Reactions between 2,4-Diamino-1-thia-3-azabutadienes and Ketene. Synthesis of New 1,3-Thiazin-6-ones, 1,3-Thiazine-6-thiones and 2-Thioxopyrimidin-4-ones. HETEROCYCLES 2000. [DOI: 10.3987/com-00-9023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mao C, Sudbeck EA, Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Structure-based design of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors of drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus. Antivir Chem Chemother 1999; 10:233-40. [PMID: 10574178 DOI: 10.1177/095632029901000502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A computer model of reverse transcriptase (RT) from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was used to design thiourea compounds that were predicted to inhibit RT. The RT model was used to approximate how changes in binding pocket shape, volume and chemical properties resulting from residue mutations would affect inhibitor binding. Our lead compound, N-[2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thi ourea (HI-236) was tested against clinically observed non-nucleoside inhibitor (NNI)-resistant mutated strains of HIV. HI-236 was more potent than trovirdine, MKC-442 and zidovudine against the drug-sensitive HIV-1 strain IIIB, 50-100 times more effective than delavirdine or nevirapine and twice as effective as our recently reported lead compound N-[2-(2-fluorophenethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea (HI-240) against the NNI-resistant Y181C mutant HIV-1 strain A17. HI-236 was highly effective against the multidrug-resistant HIV-1 strain RT-MDR containing multiple mutations involving the RT residues 74V, 41L, 106A and 215Y. In general, thiourea compounds such as HI-236 and HI-240 showed better inhibition of drug-resistant strains of HIV-1 than thioalkylbenzyl-pyrimidine compounds such as HI-280 and HI-281. The improved activity of thioureas against RT mutants is consistent with a structural analysis of the NNI binding pocket model of RT. The activity of HI-236 against RT-MDR was superior to that of other anti-HIV agents tested, in the following order, from high to low activity; HI-236 (IC50 5 nM), HI-240 (IC50 6 nM), trovirdine (IC50 20 nM), zidovudine (IC50 150 nM), MKC-442 (IC50 300 nM), delavirdine (IC50 400 nM) and nevirapine (IC50 5 microM).
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- C Mao
- Department of Structural Biology, Hughes Institute, St Paul, MN 55113, USA
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Mao C, Sudbeck EA, Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. Rational design of N-[2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea (HI-236) as a potent non-nucleoside inhibitor of drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1999; 9:1593-8. [PMID: 10386942 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00235-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The novel thiourea compound N-[2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thi ourea (HI-236) targeting the non-nucleoside inhibitor (NNI) binding pocket of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) was rationally designed using a computer model of the NNI binding pocket. The NNI binding pocket model takes into consideration changes in binding pocket size, shape, and changes in residue character that result from clinically-observed NNI resistance-associated mutations of HIV RT. RT assays revealed that HI-236 was not only more potent than trovirdine, MKC-442, and AZT against the drug-sensitive HIV-1 strain HTLV(IIIB), it was also 50-100 times more effective than delavirdine or nevirapine and twice as effective as our recently reported lead compound N-[2-(2-fluorophenethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea (HI-240) against the NNI-resistant Y181C mutant HIV-1 strain A17. Most importantly, HI-236 was highly effective against the multidrug-resistant HIV-1 strain RT-MDR with multiple mutations involving the RT residues 74V, 41L, 106A, and 215Y. The activity of HI-236 against RT-MDR was superior to that of other anti-HIV agents tested, which are listed in the following order: HI-236 (IC50: 5 nM) > HI-240 (IC50: 6 nM) > trovirdine (IC50: 20 nM) > AZT (IC50: 150 nM) > MKC-442 (IC50: 300 nM) > delavirdine (IC50: 400 nM) > nevirapine (IC50: 5 microM).
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- C Mao
- Department of Structural Biology, Hughes Institute, St. Paul, MN 55113, USA
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D'Cruz OJ, Uckun FM. Novel derivatives of phenethyl-5-bromopyridylthiourea and dihydroalkoxybenzyloxopyrimidine are dual-function spermicides with potent anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity. Biol Reprod 1999; 60:1419-28. [PMID: 10330101 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.6.1419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Sexually active women represent the fastest growing HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) risk group. In an effort to develop a vaginal microbicidal contraceptive potentially capable of preventing HIV transmission as well as providing fertility control, we have synthesized novel non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNIs) of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) and examined them for dual-function anti-HIV and spermicidal activity. Structure-based drug design by use of a computer docking procedure for the NNI binding pocket generated from nine RT-NNI crystal structures led to the synthesis of three novel NNIs: N-[2-(2, 5-dimethoxyphenethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea (D-PBT); N-[2-(2-fluorophenethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea (F-PBT); and 5-isopropyl-2-[(methylthiomethyl)thio]-6-(benzyl)-pyrimidin-4-(1H)-on e (S-DABO). The anti-HIV activity of these NNIs was compared with that of trovirdine and virucidal/spermicide, nonoxynol-9 (N-9), by measuring viral RT activity and p24 antigen production as markers of viral replication using HTLVIIIB-infected human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The effects on sperm motion kinematics and sperm membrane integrity were examined by computer-assisted sperm analysis and by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), respectively. The growth-inhibitory effects of NNI versus N-9 against normal human ectocervical and endocervical epithelial cells were tested using the MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. All three NNIs were potent inhibitors of purified recombinant HIV RT and abrogated HIV replication in PBMCs at nanomolar concentrations (IC50 < 1 nM) when compared with N-9 or trovirdine (IC50 values of 2.2 microM and 0.007 microM, respectively). Two NNIs, F-PBT and S-DABO, also exhibited concentration- and time-dependent spermicidal activity. The drug concentration required to inhibit sperm motility by 50% (EC50 values) for the lead compound F-PBT versus N-9 was 147 microM and 81 microM, respectively. Sperm-immobilizing activity induced by F-PBT and S-DABO was rapid (t1/2 = 7-13 min) and irreversible. Unlike that of N-9, spermicidal activity of F-PBT and S-DABO was not accompanied by loss of acrosomal membrane as detected by fluorescent-lectin binding assay and CLSM. Whereas N-9 was cytotoxic to normal human ectocervical and endocervical cells at spermicidal doses, both F-PBT and S-DABO were selectively spermicidal. We conclude that as potent anti-HIV agents with spermicidal activity and reduced cytotoxicity, F-PBT and S-DABO show unique clinical potential to become the active ingredients of a vaginal contraceptive for women who are at high risk for acquiring HIV by heterosexual vaginal transmission.
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- O J D'Cruz
- Drug Discovery Program, Department of Reproductive Biology, Hughes Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota 55113, USA
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Chapter 6.2 Six-membered ring systems: Diazines and benzo derivatives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-6380(99)80016-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Mao C, Vig R, Venkatachalam TK, Sudbeck EA, Uckun FM. Structure-based design of N-[2-(1-piperidinylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea and N-[2-(1-piperazinylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea as potent non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:2213-8. [PMID: 9873515 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00384-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A novel computer model of the HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) non-nucleoside inhibitor (NNI) binding pocket, which was generated using high resolution crystal structure information from 9 individual RT/NNI complexes, revealed previously unrecognized ligand derivatization sites for phenethylthiazolylthiourea (PETT) derivatives. Spatial gaps surrounding the pyridyl ring of the active PETT derivative trovirdine were discovered during modeling procedures. Docking studies using the computer-generated model of the binding pocket (composite binding pocket) suggested that the replacement of the planar pyridyl ring of trovirdine with a nonplanar piperidinyl or piperazinyl ring, which occupy larger volumes, would better fill the spacious Wing 2 region of the butterfly-shaped NNI binding pocket. The anti-HIV activity of the synthesized heterocyclic compounds N-[2-(1-piperidinylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea and N-[2-(1-piperazinylethyl)]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea was examined in HTLVIIIB-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Both compounds were more potent than trovirdine and abrogated HIV replication at nanomolar concentrations without any evidence of cytotoxicity.
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- C Mao
- Drug Discovery Program, Wayne Hughes Institute, St. Paul, MN 55113, USA
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